| Induction of cancer cell migration by epidermal growth factor is initiated by specific phosphorylation of tyrosine 1248 of c‐erbB‐2 receptor via epidermal growth factor receptor T Dittmar, A Husemann, Y Schewe, JR Nofer, B Niggemann, KS Zänker, ... The FASEB Journal 16 (13), 1-21, 2002 | 164 | 2002 |
| Adhesion molecules and chemokines: the navigation system for circulating tumor (stem) cells to metastasize in an organ-specific manner T Dittmar, C Heyder, E Gloria-Maercker, W Hatzmann, KS Zänker Clinical & experimental metastasis 25, 11-32, 2008 | 150 | 2008 |
| c‐erbB‐2/EGFR as dominant heterodimerization partners determine a motogenic phenotype in human breast cancer cells BH Brandt, A Roetger, T Dittmar, G Nikolai, M Seeling, A Merschjann, ... The FASEB journal 13 (14), 1939-1949, 1999 | 121 | 1999 |
| Recurrence cancer stem cells–made by cell fusion? T Dittmar, C Nagler, S Schwitalla, G Reith, B Niggemann, KS Zänker Medical hypotheses 73 (4), 542-547, 2009 | 115 | 2009 |
| The interplay of HER2/HER3/PI3K and EGFR/HER2/PLC‐γ1 signalling in breast cancer cell migration and dissemination LM Balz, K Bartkowiak, A Andreas, K Pantel, B Niggemann, KS Zänker, ... The Journal of pathology 227 (2), 234-244, 2012 | 109 | 2012 |
| Role of the β1-integrin subunit in the adhesion, extravasation and migration of T24 human bladder carcinoma cells C Heyder, E Gloria-Maercker, W Hatzmann, B Niggemann, KS Zänker, ... Clinical & experimental metastasis 22, 99-106, 2005 | 100 | 2005 |
| Selection of potentially metastatic subpopulations expressing c-erbB-2 from breast cancer tissue by use of an extravasation model A Roetger, A Merschjann, T Dittmar, C Jackisch, A Barnekow, B Brandt The American journal of pathology 153 (6), 1797-1806, 1998 | 86 | 1998 |
| Characterization of hybrid cells derived from spontaneous fusion events between breast epithelial cells exhibiting stem-like characteristics and breast cancer cells T Dittmar, S Schwitalla, J Seidel, S Haverkampf, G Reith, ... Clinical & experimental metastasis 28, 75-90, 2011 | 79 | 2011 |
| Alteration in the gene expression pattern of primary monocytes after adhesion to endothelial cells S Thomas-Ecker, A Lindecke, W Hatzmann, C Kaltschmidt, KS Zänker, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (13), 5539-5544, 2007 | 73 | 2007 |
| Stem cell migration: a quintessential stepping stone to successful therapy C Weidt, B Niggemann, B Kasenda, TL Drell, KS Zanker, T Dittmar Current stem cell research & therapy 2 (1), 89-103, 2007 | 73 | 2007 |
| Propofol-induced calcium signalling and actin reorganization within breast carcinoma cells V Garib, K Lang, B Niggemann, KS Zänker, L Brandt, T Dittmar European journal of anaesthesiology 22 (8), 609-615, 2005 | 70 | 2005 |
| Realtime visualization of tumor cell/endothelial cell interactions during transmigration across the endothelial barrier C Heyder, E Gloria-Maercker, F Entschladen, W Hatzmann, B Niggemann, ... Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology 128, 533-538, 2002 | 69 | 2002 |
| Cell fusion is a potent inducer of aneuploidy and drug resistance in tumor cell/normal cell hybrids B Berndt, KS Zanker, T Dittmar Critical Reviews™ in Oncogenesis 18 (1-2), 2013 | 63 | 2013 |
| The ability of human periodontium-derived stem cells to regenerate periodontal tissues: a preliminary in vivo investigation WD Grimm, A Dannan, S Becher, G Gassmann, W Arnold, G Varga, ... International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry 31 (6), 631, 2011 | 56 | 2011 |
| Cell fusion, drug resistance and recurrence CSCs C Nagler, KS Zänker, T Dittmar Cell Fusion in Health and Disease: II: Cell Fusion in Disease, 173-182, 2011 | 51 | 2011 |
| Antitumour effects of PLC-γ1-(SH2) 2-TAT fusion proteins on EGFR/c-erbB-2-positive breast cancer cells Y Katterle, BH Brandt, SF Dowdy, B Niggemann, KS Zänker, T Dittmar British journal of cancer 90 (1), 230-235, 2004 | 51 | 2004 |
| Cadmium-induced DNA damage triggers G2/M arrest via chk1/2 and cdc2 in p53-deficient kidney proximal tubule cells U Bork, WK Lee, A Kuchler, T Dittmar, F Thévenod American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology 298 (2), F255-F265, 2010 | 49 | 2010 |
| The dark side of stem cells: triggering cancer progression by cell fusion T Dittmar, C Nagler, B Niggemann, KS Zanker Current molecular medicine 13 (5), 735-750, 2013 | 48 | 2013 |
| Cell fusion in human cancer: the dark matter hypothesis J Weiler, T Dittmar Cells 8 (2), 132, 2019 | 46 | 2019 |
| Tissue regeneration in the chronically inflamed tumor environment: implications for cell fusion driven tumor progression and therapy resistant tumor hybrid cells T Dittmar, KS Zänker International Journal of Molecular Sciences 16 (12), 30362-30381, 2015 | 44 | 2015 |
